Blog #6

The Leadership Performance Inventory found my top styles to be Model the Way and Enable Others to Act, and my lowest to be Encourage the Heart. My results fell in line with my StrengthsQuest top 5, so I was not very surprised by them. My leadership philosophy emphasized being dependable and helping others identify and utilize their strengths. I think that Encouraging the Heart is my lowest strategy because I did the inventory from the mindset of completing group projects. In that context, we are each just trying to accomplish the task at hand to get a grade. To improve this style, I could thank group members when they step up and really contribute to the effort. Furthermore, when facing an especially difficult task I could make more of an effort to remind people why we are working on the project.